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2010 BOSTON MARATHON WRAP-UP \u00a0<\/p>\n Men’s winner Robert Kiprono \u00a0<\/p>\n Teyba Erkesso of Ethiopia held off a late surge by Tatyana \u00a0<\/p>\n South African Ernst Van Dyk now \u00a0<\/p>\n Wakako Tsuchida of \u00a0<\/p>\n The 2010 Boston Marathon had 26,790 \u00a0<\/p>\n Sponsored by John Hancock Financial, \u00a0<\/p>\n The 24 Boston Marathon Official \u00a0<\/p>\n Neil Weygandt, 63,\u00a0completed his 44th \u00a0<\/p>\n Despite \u00a0<\/p>\n Six \u00a0<\/p>\n Seventeen visually-impaired \u00a0<\/p>\n Past Champions Gelindo Bordin \u00a0<\/p>\n The 115th Boston Marathon \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Established \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2010 BOSTON MARATHON WRAP-UP NOTES \u00a0 Men’s winner Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot from Kenya shattered the course record by 82 seconds with his time of 2:05:52. The record of 2:07:14 was previously held by Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (no relation) since 2006. \u00a0 Teyba Erkesso of Ethiopia held off a late surge by Tatyana Pushkareva of Russia…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nCheruiyot from Kenya shattered the course record by
\n82 seconds with his time of 2:05:52. The record of 2:07:14 was previously held
\nby Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (no relation) since 2006. <\/p>\n
\nPushkareva of Russia to win by three seconds in
\n2:26:11. Over the past three years, the women’s race has been decided by a
\ncombined six seconds. <\/p>\n
\nholds the most wins of any Boston Marathon competitor of all time with his ninth
\ntitle in the Men’s Push Rim Wheelchair Division. Winning in 1:26:53, he held off
\ncountryman Krige Schabort by three seconds in the second-closest finish in Men’s
\nPush Rim Wheelchair Division history.<\/p>\n
\nJapan returned to the winners’ circle
\nfor the fourth consecutive year with an impressive time of 1:43:32. She won the
\nWomen’s Push Rim Wheelchair Division race by 3:36. <\/p>\n
\nentrants, 23,176 starters, and 22,678 finishers.<\/p>\n
\n$806,000 in prize money was earned by the winners. Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot
\nreceived an additional $25,000 for breaking the course record.\n<\/p>\n
\nCharities, through runners in the 114th Boston Marathon, combined to
\nraise more than $10.2 million dollars. Since 1989, more than $105.9 million has
\nbeen raised.<\/p>\n
\nconsecutive Boston Marathon.\u00a0The
\nUpper Darby, Pennsylvania resident ran the course in
\n5:19:08.<\/p>\n
\na fierce sandstorm that postponed the event by a day,
\nthe
\nannual running of the Boston Marathon at Contingency Operating Base Adder,
\nIraq, took place. Four hundred
\nmilitary and civilian runners in Iraq started the race at 4:00 a.m. to
\nbeat the desert heat. Spc. Janelle A. Drennan won the women’s race in 3:40:09,
\nand Sgt. Derek Miller won the men’s side in 3:01:00<\/p>\n
\nAmerican men and 12 American women achieved qualifying performances for the 2012
\nOlympic Team Trials \u0089\u00db\u00d3 Men’s and Women’s Marathon by running under 2:19:00 and 2:46:00
\nrespectively.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nparticipants started the Boston Marathon, and all 17 finished, led by Adrian
\nBroca of California who ran the course in
\n2:57:59.<\/p>\n
\n(1990), Lisa Rainsberger (1985), and Jacqueline Gareau (1980) completed the
\ncourse on the anniversaries of their victories in 3:21:27, 4:04:00, and 3:44:17,
\nrespectively.<\/p>\n
\nwill be held on Monday, April 18, 2010, and registration is expected to begin in
\nSeptember. Details will be posted on www.baa.org.<\/p>\n
\nin 1887, the Boston Athletic Association is a non-profit
\norganization with a mission of managing athletic events and promoting a healthy
\nlifestyle through sports, especially running. The B.A.A.’s Boston Marathon is the
\nworld’s oldest annual marathon, and the organization manages other local events
\nand supports comprehensive charity, youth, and year-round running programs.
\nSince 1986, the principal sponsor of the Boston
\nMarathon has been John Hancock Financial.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n